I had 3 x95 rifles, one for me, one for my son, and one for my brother. bought them right after the ar15 ban and I thought I was into something cutting edge and useful. Nope. while these rifles may be reliable over time they are so advanced they were unusable in the practical sense. putting in a new magazine was a blind guess if the rifle was anywhere near your shoulder and the bottom of the magazine interfered with your left or right wrist, depending on your natural dominant eye. I really wanted to like these rifles but it didn't take long to figure out they really were too advanced. anyway, I sold them. just another great design that didn't live up to the hype. maybe the Carmel is IWI's way of saying sorry for the x95, who knows.
IWI CARMEL18.6” Canadian non restricted rifle CSR18
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20YearsOfTannerite
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I've heard this take on bullpups before, I never had the pleasure of handling an AR so I don't have that muscle memory. It's a totally different system, so I'd imagine your AR-experience makes the learning curve steeper than someone like myself.
If the Carmel was available before the Makasi, I would've gone for it. I'm just happy to see us finally getting some better options!
The technique of doing it which is not allowed in most civilian gun ranges and practical rifle matches,, will be rolling the stock up shoulder with magazine to eye level to perform a change. Obviously, the muzzle will be pointing to the sky and over the berm which un-nerves 99% of the gun club executives.
But yeh, you will get kicked out of most gun ranges if you try to do this, or even in military ranges run by dinos.
Exactly how I was taught - your workspace for mag changes and other stuff is right in front of your face...
XM8, for sure.... and the xm8's pretty ugly! Not nearly as svelte and s€x¥ as a G36 or ACR.... doesn't look anything like (or look as good as) either of those.
That being said.... I'm buying one. The 'look' is growing on me.
Maybe if enough of them hit the market, some sweet aftermarket stuff will go into the works. I feel like you could heavily ###ify this rifle with the right handguard.
The price is pretty reasonable all things considered. A restricted Bren 2 ran about $3500 all in if memory serves and these in R format around $2200. Accuracy goes to the Carmel so much as online tests have shown and my actual results with the Bren 2.
The Chipmunk will have this in the banned list in the near future once he’s done with the censorship laws. Move to the US
20YearsOfTannerite
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If it requires mental gymnastics, it's probably not reasonable. I say that with love; this thing costs about $1200 USD in the states (with their standard 16.5" barrel).
I understand given our climate/laws, etc. I suppose you could say it's "reasonably" priced when compared to the Cruslobber Backhand Haunter.
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